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Using PVR with Raspbmc

by Sam Nazarko | February 2013 | Open Source

Low-cost and high-performing, with a massively diverse range of uses and applications, the Raspberry Pi is set to revolutionize the way we think about computing and programming. Using it as a media center allows everyone to have a low-cost device that is always on and attached to their TV.

In this article by Sam Nazarko, the author of Raspberry Pi Media Center, we'll look at the following topics:

  • What PVR allows us to do

  • The different types of PVR setups that Raspbmc supports

  • How to set up Raspbmc to take advantage of PVR

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KeyShot's Overview

by Jei Lee Jo | February 2013 | Web Graphics & Video

In this article by Jei Lee Jo, the author of the book KeyShot 3D Rendering, you will learn about the following topics:

  • KeyShot's basics and fundamentals

  • Importing projects

  • Getting familiar with the interface

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Blocking versus Non blocking scripts

by Adam Watson | February 2013 | Open Source Web Development

In this article by Adam Watson, the author of Learning Modernizr, we will look into the basics of blocking versus non blocking scripts. We take help of several topics to cover this section.

In this article we will cover:

  • The async attribute

  • Blocking to allow shimming

  • Adding navigation

  • The section frames

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Meteor.js JavaScript Framework: Why Meteor Rocks!

by Isaac Strack | February 2013 | Open Source Web Development

Meteor is a disruptive (in a good way!) technology. It enables a new type of web application, using the Model View View-Model (MVVM) design pattern.

This article by Isaac Strack, author of Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework, explains how web applications have changed, why it matters, and how Meteor speci?cally enables modern web apps through MVVM.

By the end of this article, you will have learned:

  • What a modern web application is

  • What MVVM means, and how it's different

  • How Meteor uses MVVM to create modern web applications

  • Templating inside of Meteor — starting to use MVVM

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Cross-premise Connectivity

by Bala Natarajan Erez Ben-Ari | February 2013 | Enterprise Articles Microsoft

In this article by Erez Ben-Ari and Bala Natarajan, the authors of Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment, Cross-premise connectivity (also known as cloud connectivity) is the ability to establish secure connection between two sites. It could be between a head office and a branch office or from an office to a cloud data center. Before we go into the details of cross-premise connectivity let us take a moment and talk about the connectivity challenges that an enterprise faces. In this article, we are going to talk about what cross-premise connectivity is, why it is needed, and how to go about establishing it.

The topics we will discuss are as follows:

  • Evolving remote access challenges

  • Migration to dynamic cloud

  • The needs of modern data centers

  • Dynamic cloud access with URA

  • Adding a cloud location using Site-to-Site

  • Basic setup of cross-premise connectivity

  • Configuration steps

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Using Processes in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

by Mahender Pal | February 2013 | Enterprise Articles Microsoft

In this article by Mahender Pal, the author of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Application Design, we are going to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 as a platform to develop our Employee Recruitment Management System ( ERMS ). We will learn the basics of ERMS, about processes in Microsoft CRM 2011, and how we can use them to automate business processes at different levels.

In this article we are going to discuss the following topics:

  • Employee Recruitment Management System
  • Employee Recruitment Management System design
  • Setting a security model for Employee Recruitment Management System
  • Setting field-level security
  • Data model for Employee Recruitment Management System
  • Customizing entities for Employee Recruitment Management System
  • Setting a security model for ERMS
  • Setting field-level security in Microsoft CRM 2011
  • Processes in Microsoft CRM 2011
  • Importing data in Microsoft CRM 2011
  • Testing Employee Recruitment Management System
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Knowing the prebuilt marketing, sales, and service organizations

by Padmanabha Rao Venkatesan Sundaram | February 2013 | Enterprise Articles Oracle

In this article by Padmanabha Rao and Venkatesan Sundaram, authors of Oracle CRM On Demand Administration Essentials, our focus is to explore more on how, with minimum customization, we can put the CRM On Demand system into production to save a lot of time and effort.

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